The Image Data Resource is added to the list of Scientific Data recommended data repositories

26 Mar 2018

Nature Research journal Scientific Data is
a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for descriptions of scientifically
valuable datasets, and research that advances the sharing and reuse of
scientific data. These data descriptors provide a path for publishing datasets
associated with scientific publications.

Scientific Data requires that all datasets related to a data descriptor,
including experimental, computational and curated data, should be submitted to
an appropriate open, public community repository. Although Scientific Data
mandates the release of the datasets that accompany their manuscripts, they do
not themselves host data. Instead, they encourage submission of data to
community-recognized data repositories where possible.

The Scientific Data repository list is
mirrored
for use by other Springer Nature journals and is therefore also available for
use by authors submitting to other Springer Nature journals. As an example, an
article published by Kilpinen et al
in Nature is supported by
imaging data that has been archived in
IDR.

We look forward to publishing many more imaging datasets associated with
Scientific Data and other Springer Nature articles now that this partnership
is officially launched!